While I have discussed the studio sessions in some detail in my review on Analog Planet - which you can read by clicking here - for this review, I’m going to focus in on the live recordings which are exclusive to this 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Honky Château.Ĭaptured just days after they finished recording Honky Château and performed a full three months before the album’s actual release in May of that year, these recordings from the Royal Festival Hall in London document a remarkable moment of how deep the group had gotten into this music. It topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, reached No. According to the wiki: “Elton John and Dua Lipa’s 2021 collaborative song “Cold Heart” samples “Rocket Man” for its chorus, along with snippets of other Elton John songs. “Rocket Man” has gone on to be an integral part of Elton’s career and it even inspired cover versions over the years by no less than Kate Bush and William Shatner. His first up-tempo number to make the US Top 10, the track helped cement Elton’s reputation in America.” “Honky Cat” showcased the extraordinary swagger that was to define all of Elton’s work for the following half-decade. It remains a firm fixture in the setlist of this record-breaking Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. Honky Château became the first of six consecutive Billboard Hot 100 No 1 albums. “Following the release of Honky Château, by June 1972, “Rocket Man” was in the UK pop charts at No 2. Just for a reminder, in case you didn’t know or forgot how big this album and its hits were - and have been over the years - Elton’s official press release explains:
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